) Calculate the electrostatic potential energy of the fission fragments. b) Find the electric field at point P located a distance x = 3R from the origin.

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When uranium 235U captures a neutron, it fissions (splits) into two nuclei (and emits several neutron, which can cause other uranium nuclei to split). Assume that the fission products are equally charged nuclei with charge +46e and that these nuclei are at rest just after fission and separated by twice their radius 2R = 1.3x10-14m

a) Calculate the electrostatic potential energy of the fission fragments.

b) Find the electric field at point P located a distance x = 3R from the origin.

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